Definition of injurious
1 : inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental injurious to health
2 : abusive, defamatory speak not injurious words — George Washington
injuriously
adverbinjuriousness
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Examples of injurious in a Sentence
The decision has had an injurious effect.
inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media
15th Century
First Known Use of injurious
15th century
INJURIOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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injurious
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: causing injury or harm
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injurious
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: inflicting or tending to inflict injury
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